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The DevOps Security and Compliance Guide

The fast-paced nature of modern software development means developers are capable of deploying changes to production multiple times a day. But, while DevOps allows development teams to deliver new features faster, increased deployment frequency can make it more difficult to stay on top of security threats. It only takes one malicious or incompetent change to dramatically increase the risk exposure of an application.

AppDynamics Talks Optimized Self-healing with Full-stack Observability, Auto-remediation

From an IT perspective, technologists generally agree that the ability to monitor and have visibility into the IT stack across every one of their applications is essential with the now-permanent remote and hybrid work models. It also stems from the fact that digital transformation and IT growth has accelerated by seven years since the pandemic in 2020, analysts say.

How to Setup up SharePoint Alerts

Microsoft SharePoint stands as a robust web-based collaboration platform that has become indispensable for a myriad of organizations aiming for a streamlined and effective workflow management. Its seamless integration with Microsoft 365 unfolds a vista of functionalities, among which the feature of real-time notifications or alerts shines prominently.

How to measure operational maturity

All of the most reliable software is driven by great operations. Your organization’s operational maturity is a measure of how consistently you apply best practices for building reliable software. Without tracking your operational maturity, it’s extremely difficult to know where and how to improve—before it’s too late and an incident causes you to lose a customer.

RapidSpike + Squadcast: Routing Alerts Made Easy

RapidSpike is a website monitoring solution that focuses on all three key aspects of website health: performance, reliability and security in a single dashboard. If you use RapidSpike for your website monitoring requirements, you can integrate it with Squadcast, an end-to-end Incident Response tool, to route alerts from RapidSpike to the right users in Squadcast with ease.

What is Continuous Delivery? The Benefits of a Well-Tuned Continuous Delivery Software Pipeline

What is continuous delivery? And what are the benefits of the continuous delivery pipeline? This strategy has evolved in a world where platform engineering is on the rise and more and more organizations rely on automation through code to achieve their goals. Times have changed. Most organizations now rely on continuous delivery as an essential part of their development pipelines.

GitKon 2023 Day 2: Legendary, Free Online Developer Conference

Welcome to GitKon 2023: The Fellowship of Code, hosted by GitKraken. GitKon promises three days of insight, learning, and inspiration specifically designed to help software developers, team leaders, product and project managers, and technical executives up their game. Featuring keynotes from tech titans, Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot and Justin Cormack of Docker, and a special guest appearance by The Lord of the Rings star and mental health advocate, Sean Astin.

The Dangers Lurking in Open Source Software

Our 1st blog in our series on securely consuming OSS. Today, I'll give an overview of some of the most common types of attacks from consuming OSS. Open-source software (OSS) fuels innovation. Over 96% of commercial applications rely on at least one OSS component (Synopsys, 2023). At Cloudsmith, we champion OSS and understand its indispensable role in today's software landscape. However, the escalating threat of supply chain attacks targeting OSS demands a robust defence.

Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

From the science fiction fantasies of the mid-20th century to today's reality, AI's journey has been a blend of innovation and apprehension. As we contemplate the future of AI, it’s interesting to look back at the early days of AI, how far it’s come and what we might yet expect. AI has the potential to be of huge benefit but could be disruptive in the wrong hands, particularly in the realm of cybersecurity. A Brief History and Development of AI.

Unveiling the Synergy: SharePoint Online with Azure AD

In the modern digital workspace, collaboration and security are paramount. Microsoft has been at the forefront of providing solutions that enhance these aspects of organizational operations. Two such solutions are SharePoint Online and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). SharePoint Online, a cloud-based service, empowers organizations to create, share, and manage documents and content in a collaborative environment.